I Want To Know If There Is Anyone Out There That Has Never Had Anythin

[Chrispixx]

I had one time with a big problem. I had just bought two baby red platies. They brought ICK to my tank!!!!! So I put them in to bags and brought them back to my LPS(petco ) So I learned that never go to petco!

That could happen with fish from any LFS, Petco, Etc. The only way to avoid that would be to quarrantine the new fish for a few weeks.

When i buy new fish i look at all the fish in the tank, and if any look sick i dont buy. There are plenty of LFS's in my area i can just go to another one. Most of the experianced ones around here will mark the sick tank with a white X and they will not sell fish from that tank.

 

[madgap]

Old Harry, God bless him, always said to me "If you've never made a mistake, you've nver made a discovery".
He was right, too. He was talking about Joinery and not fish keeping. But His saying applies to every aspect in life.
We have all gone wrong in keeping an aquarium, to some severity or another. It's my belief also, that even the most experienced fishkeeper will cock up from time to time.
The important thing in making mistakes in this hobby is that we learn from them.
I've kept incompatible fish in a comunity tank with horrible outcomes. I've over fed too often anda whole load of stuff that we could all gasp in horror at.
Now-a-days however, I do as much research as I can. And I treat my fish as well as I do my more comunative animals, such as the dogs. I love my tank and all that is in it. And this has resulted in an aquarium which give alot of pleasure to watch.

Si

 

[fry_lover]

not sure if this counts....but dont put a 300 litre tank on an old chest of drawers, thats what i did, it was on there for a good few months, but a few weeks ago, the chest of drawers decided it had enough and collapsed, the result was, 300 litres of water leaving the tank at great speed, a tank full of Malawi fish doing the same, about 25kgs of sand also making a dash for the floor, and lots of broken 10ml glass everywhere, luckily i was home at the time, all be it at 1am after a good few cans of Stellai did a thread on it on another forum the day after, it still hurts

Cycle your tank fully, RESEARCH before buying stock, never over feed, do not overstock, do regular water changes, gravel vac, always dechlorinate new water, wash filter media in old tank water, do water test at the first sign of change, treat your LFS with respect they deserve ( ) and continue to use this forum.......trust me on the sunscreen, whoopsFollow this and your trouble will be over

Agree'd especially the bit about treating the LFs with the respect they deserve, which is no respect at all, with a bit of abuse thrown in for good measure sometimes

 

[Chrispixx]

Madgap...Very well said.

 

[fry_lover]

Old Harry, God bless him, always said to me "If you've never made a mistake, you've nver made a discovery".
He was right, too. He was talking about Joinery and not fish keeping. But His saying applies to every aspect in life.
We have all gone wrong in keeping an aquarium, to some severity or another. It's my belief also, that even the most experienced fishkeeper will cock up from time to time.
The important thing in making mistakes in this hobby is that we learn from them.
I've kept incompatible fish in a comunity tank with horrible outcomes. I've over fed too often anda whole load of stuff that we could all gasp in horror at.
Now-a-days however, I do as much research as I can. And I treat my fish as well as I do my more comunative animals, such as the dogs. I love my tank and all that is in it. And this has resulted in an aquarium which give alot of pleasure to watch.

Si

I bought x20 Midas Young (about 2") from a friend who had a breeding pair, what i was going to do with all these Midas is anyones guess, it was a couple of years ago, in the very beginning of my fish keeping really. Now i wouldnt really keep x1 Midas, let alone 20. Anyway, i thought i would "grow some on" and sell some also. I had them in a 36x12x18 for the time being, all x20 of them, no other fish, i remember being completely fascinated at how they ate blood worm cubes and it would actually almost hurt me when they went for the cubes in my hand, never experienced that kind of cichlid before. They were ferocious feeders.

Anyway, about a week after i had them (i was, even at that early stage fascinated with water testing, so they were living in a zero Ammonia and Nitrite environment, my FLuval 4+ internal was fully mature and seemed to be able to handle it),

Anyway about a week into it, i woke up and there was x4 left alive, all gulping at the top, x16 had died as the Fluval 4 internal had malfunctioned over night and there was no water movement and x20 Midas in a 36x12x18 was too much, oxygen depletion had killed x16

I had to take the day off work, to this day, it still makes me shudder seeing x16 2" dead fish in the tank

Now partly this was plain bad luck, the filter had been working fine for a while and was well maintained, but x20 2" Midas in a 36x12x18, madness

 

[raptorrex]

other than the start (didnt cycle the tank, i didnt know!) its all been fine until i bought some fish from pets at home (again bad i know!) now some of my fish have whitespot

most important lesson i've learnt is to only buy fish from a reliable source

i use a bucket for my water changes, but its the fish bucket and used for nothing else!

Worst thing i have had happen to me is........

errmmm.....

I added some wood and the water went cloudy for about 3 hours.

Thats the worst thing in about 10 months

Tip: Research, research, and research some more!

so we now have:

!. patients

2. use dedicated tools

3. research, fish and supplier.

4, do not over feed.

the quarantine tank is probably a recommended option, as many people do not use or have access to one, and like me seem, not to suffer for the lack.

 

[x_angelfish_x]

I had one time with a big problem. I had just bought two baby red platies. They brought ICK to my tank!!!!! So I put them in to bags and brought them back to my LPS(petco ) Then the next day my betta was more than half dead. I put him in his own little vase.
He died that night. It was a sad and frustrating fish week. So I learned that never go to petco!

Sea King

that is a siamise fighter fish i have got one of them in blue but it is ok

 

[x_angelfish_x]

 

[sunpirate2u]

huh?

 

[godsson]

yes if u put it in a very heavy place it will collapse and it did with my old one 2 and it shattered to pieces all the fish died. and the house as a result was a mess!

is best to put it in a solid place where no harm can be done

 

[liserini]

If cleaning a tank make sure the floor beneath is totally flat before you fill it with water for cleaning...I placed a 4ft tank on the floor (thankfully outside) and there was a tiny speck of gravel under it that caused the bottom to break when enough water was in the tank...I was a bit upset but the tank was still used usable for a hamster!

I've also had a cat fall in the tank, instead of a proper lid I had the light just behind the tank and corrugated plastic over the top of the tank. The cat was asleep on it (and a bit fat!) and he fell through. The tank was next to my bed and water got everywhere!

I also started doing a water change one day and went upstairs while the bucket was slowly filling, totally forget and went back downstairs to find the tank and half empty and my carpet soaked through...whoops!

These days my tanklife is calm